CORINNE TURNER –
Corinne Turner is the founder of Artemocion Dance studio . At present she is the Principal of Artemocion but also teaches Jazz , hiphop , Belly Dance & Maltese folklore and performs regularly in shows all over the island and also over seas.
The Dancing Experience :
Corinne Turner took her first ballet class when she was only 3 years old and since then never stopped dancing ! Corinne continued taking ballet lessons until much later at Alison’s White studio however at the age of 7 she wanted to do something more modern in which she could move more ! So , she joined Msida Dance Centre under the direction of Alicia Joy, whom we all miss very much. At Msida Dance Centre together with excellent teachers such as Stephen Kid Corinne explored Latin but focused mainly on Jazz – and she fell in love for the first time with this Dance style! In fact Corinne’s first television appearance was when she was only 8 years old on Antonella Vassallo’s programme “HADD WARA HADD” Few years after at the age of 13 Corinne joined a Jazz & Cabaret group called RIMOA – and they performed regularly in hotels and shows .
Corinne Turner - Exotic Belly Dance
At the age of 13 , Corinne together with the Rimoa Group was invited to Tunisia to perform in a variety show at PALM MARINA HOTEL ( 5*) . The Tunisians were very please with the European dancing including contemporary , Jazz and Musical pieces such as dances from the musical NOTRE DAME DE PARIS in which Corinne played the part of Esmeralda the gypsy girl. From this show , Fatima Hazar noticed Corinne and told her that she could be a great belly dancer, however Corinne did not even know what belly dance was all about ! From then a long lasting collaboration began and since then Corinne has been travelling to Tunisia almost for all Summers for many years. At the first summer spent in Tunisia , On her return to Malta in 2001 , Corinne performed her first belly dance show in Malta , pioneering this new style into the Maltese Islands.
With Fatima , Corinne has studied Classical Egyptian and Modern Arabic Belly Dancing , infact Fatima herself has a Tunisian Father and Egyptian mother . At the age of 17 Corinne began also taking interest in other belly dance styles such as : Gypsy fusions and ATS – Tribal Belly Dance . By this time 
Corinne had learned proper Arabic Technique for belly dance and was doing not only shows all over the island and on Telvision but also began her travels in Europe to learn other styles of belly dance but also to perform . By the age of 18 Corinne had already performed in Spain , Germany , Austria, France and Switzerland , and has performed every summer in SOUSSE FEST . The appearances of 
Corinne in Tunisia became more and more frequent infact they nicknamed “al Maltiyya” ( the Maltese one) .
The belly dance career blossomed and Corinne began giving her own classes in Mellieha , Naxxar and Sliema however she also joined The dance Workshop – directed by Therese Lungaro to continue studying Jazz with Claire Cassola. Later she joined the “BALLET SCHOOL” with Brigette Gauci Borda and continued Jazz lessons with Jesmond (jes) and ballet lessons in the Ceccheti system.
Corinne Opened her own school : ARTEMOCION STUDIO . She has been already teaching in several locations so the school was already set up earlier however now she was equipped with a professional studio , in fact it is one of the registered centres for Royal Academy of Dance Examinations in Malta.
By this time Corinne has made various television appearances including :
Monalisa 2004 ( one tv) , Otello 2005 ( One tv) , Xarabank 2006 ( Tvm) , Show time 2006 ( Tvm) , Celebrity Sundays 2008 ( One tv) , Euro Show box 2009 ( Tvm) , Allegria 2009 ( One tv) , Singled out 2009 ( One tv) , Singled out 2010 ( One tv) , Sessi 2010 ( Educ 22) .
Corinne is also invited in all the major events in Malta such as Carnevale de Venezia, Arabian nights , Lejlet Lapsi , Notte Bianca , Iljieli Melliehin , Indipendenza and many others . in 2008 Corinne has also been chosen to be part of the main dance team in an Indian Movie: Vinthaaiandi Varuvaya which was a great success in India . The videos of the dances can also be found on You tube and also in music channels since the song Hosanna has become a great hit in India , This song was written by A.Rahman who also wrote “JAI HO”.
Video of Hosanna : Corinne is featured in the dance video as one of the exotic friends of the main actor who tries to convince his lover to be with him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCldVxPqJzg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX-RPPUmPdg
In 2010 , Corinne completed her Degree B.A (Hons) in Arabic and began working on her Masters which will also involve a study of Arabic pop music to take a multi-facate study of the Arab world . Corinne also travelled in Syria for Summer 2010 to take further studies of Arabic language and dance. On her return to Malta , Corinne gave a variety of great performances at the Mellieha nights 2010 “iljieli Melliehin” organized by the Local Council of Mellieha and the Mayor Robert Cutajar. In the same year , Corinne has graduated from her B.A (Hons) in Arabic and began her reseach study for a Masters within the same field but this time including study withing the music sector in the Arab world. And altough focusing on her studies is important, we also have seen alot of Corinne Turner this year on TV programmes and other media, infact she was also the choreographer for the Maltese model representing Malta in 2010 for the Miss world beauty pagent. Corinne has also featured as Miss January 2011 in the calendar of NF PRODUCTIONS which goes under the name “the islands guys and girls” and here is the shot chosen for this artistic calendar which will be available for purchase as from December 2010 by NF production studio.
For the complete list of updates for show by Corinne Turner and the Artemocion dancers log on to Artemocion’s 
official website www.artemocionmalta.com.
Corinne Turner is teaching belly dance classes in the following locations:
Mellieha , Swieqi & St.Julians.
Jazz , Maltese Folklore , Hiphop lessons are given in Mellieha .
Artemocion
http://www.artemocionmalta.com
00356 9954 0034
00356 79045835
(updated on the 4th January 2010)
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